Title:The political economy of ransom in the early modern Mediterranean
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Author(s):HERSHENZON, DanielDate:2016Citation:Past and present, 2016, Vol. 231, No. 1, pp. 61-95Type:ArticleAbstract:This article analyzes the political economy of ransom—understood as the interaction between political regulation, market exchange, social obligation, and religious mechanisms—in the Mediterranean between 1575 and 1650. On ...